vBulletin/phpBB forums and IRC were for me peak internet. I would maybe add early Facebook for the social, but not funniest part. Some discord servers do a go

vBulletin/phpBB forums and IRC were for me peak internet. I would maybe add early Facebook for the social, but not funniest part. Some discord servers do a good job at recreating the vacuum of IRC (albeit every single one of them has always way too many channels) but the vacuum of forums is just not well replaced.